VORTEX2

Jason
Erik Rasmussen, David Blanchard, Jerry Straka and Paul Markowski is all I can find????
http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/spot_nssl.html


I did find out that Josh Wurman did take part in the second half of the V-95 project

For the second half of the 1995 field operations, a mobile Doppler radar "Doppler on Wheels" was used. Designed primarily by Josh Wurman of the University of Oklahoma and built by engineers from NSSL with support from NCAR, it was mounted on the back of a truck and allowed scientists to drive to within a few miles of storms and collect detailed information on storm reflectivity and velocity. The Doppler on Wheels collected some of the most spectacular data gathered in VORTEX.
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Link: http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/vortexfaq.html
 
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Joey Ketcham said:
No, he means Vortex-99 hence the "99" and reference to May 3rd, 1999 outbreak. There was a sub-vortex project that took place in 1999, it was called TIMEx for Thunderstorm Initiation Mobile Experiment.

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/briefings/vol2_no2/timex.html
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TIMEx was folded into IHOP, which was conducted in 2002. Sub-VORTEX were follow on experiments to the larger VORTEX experiment ('94-95), and were conducted for several years following VORTEX, including during the 1999 spring season. These were small. During sub-vortex 1999, only 3-4 mobile mesonet vehicles and a single mobile sounding unit were involved in data collection. I wasn't involved on other seasons, but during '99 Jerry Straka was the primary coordinator in the field with Erik Rasmussen providing forecast guidance remotely. Josh Wurman was involved in another experiment that season (ROTATE-1999), so only occasionally crossed paths with the sub-vortex folks (both teams sampled some of the same cells during the May 3 outbreak but at different times in their life cycles). Similarly, Howie Bluestein's team was also out in '99 under a seperate project. Large experiments like VORTEX2 help bring these seperate efforts together to put as much instrumentation as possible aimed at the same storm.

Glen
 
Hello, I'm trying to get in touch with anyone who has been a part of the Vortex teams in the past, or anyone who is participating this year.

I am meeting up with the team (but not a part of the actual research team), and have a bunch of questions. I have been emailing back and forth with Dr. Kosiba and Josh Wurman the past few months, but I know they are extremely busy so I am looking for someone that might be able to answer some of my more basic questions that I have.

If anyone is willing to chat with me, that would be wonderful. Best way to get in touch with me is [email protected] or Pming on here.

Thanks in advance,

Kate
 
Anything in particular you are looking for? I headed up the VORTEX II Operations Center. While I know a lot about how things went and the project, I wasn't out in the field last year.
 
Patrick Marsh said:
Anything in particular you are looking for? I headed up the VORTEX II Operations Center. While I know a lot about how things went and the project, I wasn't out in the field last year.
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Basically, I have never even been chasing but have been granted this amazing opportunity to travel with Vortex2. I am doing a photo-documentary on storm chasing to finish my undergrad degree... so while I am learning, slowly, I'm trying to figure out the basics... like how to get out to the team, what I need to bring, what to expect day to day... generally I'm just trying to prepare myself for this without sending a million emails with basic questions to people who are extremely busy trying to get the team rolling...
 
Ahh, most of of this is best answered by those that were actually out in the trenches. I will say that there will be a lot of time spent in cars and traveling. Expect late nights and (relatively) early mornings. As for meeting up with the group, that will depend on who you are with and how they want to handle that information.

Hopefully some of those who went out in the field will chime in soon.
 
Patrick Marsh said:
Ahh, most of of this is best answered by those that were actually out in the trenches. I will say that there will be a lot of time spent in cars and traveling. Expect late nights and (relatively) early mornings. As for meeting up with the group, that will depend on who you are with and how they want to handle that information.

Hopefully some of those who went out in the field will chime in soon.
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I am prepared for the time... I know the basics, but it's the little things I'm trying to learn... more the "I wish I would have known to bring such and such" out...

Not with "anyone" completely by myself! gonna make it difficult...
 
Kate Pfeister said:
I am prepared for the time... I know the basics, but it's the little things I'm trying to learn... more the "I wish I would have known to bring such and such" out...

Not with "anyone" completely by myself! gonna make it difficult...
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Kate -- you can send me a PM with your questions, if you wish. I'm working with the UMass XPol radar, was out with V2 last year, and will be doing the same this year.
 
It's now T-Minus two months before Vortex 2 2010 field ops kick off; thought I'd resurrect this thread. I know a lot of Stormtrack members participated last year -- anyone here going to participate this year? If so, what are you going to be doing?
 
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